Date ___________ Guided Notes – Ratios

1. Date ___________ • Guided Notes – Ratios • Ratio:_________________________________________________________. • Example: • A class has 12 girls and 18 boys. What is the ratio of boys to girls? Write your answer in 3 ways. • 1) 2) 3) • When doing ratios, ______________________________________! • Examples: 1) There are 7 basketball players, 8 volleyball players, 12 football players, and 9 tennis players at an athletic event. What is the ratio of football players to basketball players? ________ What is the ratio of tennis players to volleyball players? ________ What is the ratio of tennis players to football players? ________ What is the ratio of basketball players to total athletes? ________ 2) Types of movies playing at the theater: 2 romance, 6 comedies, 3 dramas, 4 thrillers. Ratio of romance to thrillers _________ Ratio of dramas to comedies ________ Ratio of thrillers to comedies ________ Ratio of dramas to all types ________ 3) There are 30 students in a class. 10 are girls. What is the boy-girl ratio of the class? 4) Marie saved $51. On Wednesday, she spent $8 of her savings. What ratio represents the portion of her total savings that she still has left? Ratios in real life: Use ______________________________ Example: You buy 12 apples for $9 Means ___apples for every $____ How much would 36 apples cost?

2. To Compare Ratios:________________________________________________. 1) A pet supply chain called Pet City has 15 hamsters and 20 gerbils for sale at its Clarksville location. At its Arlington location there are 7 hamsters and 14 gerbils. Which location has a higher ratio of hamsters to gerbils? 2) Preston went on a two-day fishing trip. On the first day, he caught 15 catfish and 3 salmon. On the second day, he caught 18 catfish and 4 salmon. On which day of the fishing trip did Preston catch a lower ratio of catfish to salmon? 3) An auto dealership sells minivans and sedans. In January, they sold 5 minivans and 20 sedans. In February, they sold 2 minivans and 8 sedans. During which month did the auto dealership sell a lower ratio of sedans to minivans? 4) Mrs. Ingram and Mrs. Perez took polls of their second-grade classes to find out their students' favorite colors. In Mrs. Ingram's class, 12 students said their favorite color was blue and 10 said their favorite color was red. In Mrs. Perez's class, 10 voted for blue and 6 for red. Whose class had a higher ratio of students who preferred red to students who preferred blue? • 5) The chart below shows three colleges and average students and teachers per class. Jenna knows she wants small class sizes in college. Which college has the lowest student-to-teacher ratio? 6).  Mario can afford to apply to only one university. He will apply to the school that offers the best probability of awarding him a full, academic scholarship. Each of Mario's prospective schools has posted its average number of applicants and average number of full-ride scholarships. At which school does he have the best chance of getting a full ride scholarship? College A:  825 applicants; 275 full-ride scholarships College B:  600 applicants; 150 full-ride scholarships College C:  2,250 applicants; 250 full-ride scholarships College D:  1,250 applicants; 125 full-ride scholarships 7)